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| Old English Pattern Sterling Silver Dessert Forks (Set of 4) - Newton Family Crest, Dunleckney, County Carlow
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Reference: S11387
Period: George VI
Year: 1938
Silversmith: Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd.
Place: London
Price: $ 380.00
Weight: 184 grams
Dimensions: 17.3 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Description: A set of 4 George VI Old English pattern dessert forks, made in London by leading makers the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, but with an engraved Ducal crest of the Newton family of Dunleckney, County Carlow, Ireland. The forks are excellent quality and a pleasing weight, and are in excellent condition. The engraved crest of boars head above Ducal coronet (with strawberry leaves) with 2 ostrich feathers is crisply engraved with no wear. All 4 forks have clear hallmarks, including makers mark for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Limited, based in Regent Street from 1880-1952, when they were incorporated into Garrards, the Crown Jeweller. These forks were made a few years after the death of Capt. Sydney Vesey, Kings Royal Rifle Corps (1873-1932), who inherited Dunleckney in 1927, his widow Edith Blanch Vesey sold Dunleckney in 1942. Note - we have spoons with the same family crest, S11388 and S11389.
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Old English Pattern Sterling Silver Dessert Forks (Set of 4) - Newton Family Crest, Dunleckney, County Carlow
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Newton Family Crest, Dunleckney, County Carlow
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